French Legislation In English

Search, Read and Apply French Law. In English.

20+ full codes, 2,400+ articles translated and updated. Case law linked to every article. Read the actual text before you ask a lawyer about it — free, no login required.

Try: L.227-1 SAS governance, L.145-9 bail commercial renewal, L.223-18 gérant removal SARL

20+

french codes

Fully translated

2,400+

articles in English

Updated regularly

480+

court rulings linked

Per article

Free

full access

No login required

Showing 65816590 of 13190 articles for Art. professional status not enough

French Civil CodeIn force
Title XVI: Arbitration agreement

Article 2060

Compromise may not be entered into on questions of personal status and capacity, on those relating to divorce and legal separation or on disputes concerning public authorities and public establishment…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Work placement periods.

Article L5135-3

The beneficiary of a period of work experience retains the benefit scheme and status he enjoyed prior to this period. They are not paid by the structure in which they complete a work placement period.…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health centres.

Article L6323-1-9

…ocial health activities and actions implemented, the terms and conditions of access to care and the status of the manager.Any form of advertising in favour of health centres, or encouraging the use of…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Powers

Article L5217-4

…tomatically substituted for the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status whose transformation is mentioned in article L. 5217-1. The substitution of the metropolis fo…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Accounting provisions

Article L6365-1

…ng officer of the collectivity of Saint-Martin is a public accounting officer of the State with the status of principal accounting officer. He/she is appointed by the minister responsible for the budg…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6152-901

Associate practitioner status applies to practitioners who, with a view to practising the profession of doctor, odontologist or pharmacist in France, are required by this code or by other legislative…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 480

A judgment which determines in its operative part all or part of the principal issue, or a judgment which rules on a procedural objection, a plea in bar or any other incident, shall, as soon as it is…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 16-3

The committee gives a reasoned decision. The hearing takes place and the decision is given in chambers. The debate is oral; the claimant may be heard in person at his request or that of his counsel; h…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 218

The provisions of articles 171,172 and of the last paragraph of Article 174 shall apply to this chapter. The regularity of the judgments of the investigating chambers and the regularity of the previou…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title V: Judges' rules

Article 658

When two correctional courts, two investigating judges or two police courts belonging to the same jurisdiction of the court of appeal are seised simultaneously of the same offence, the judges shall be…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
Common Questions

French legislation in English — Q&A

Our translations are produced and reviewed for accuracy, but the only legally binding version of French law is the French original. For court, registry or contractual use we offer lawyer-reviewed or sworn certified translations on request.
Articles are synced with Légifrance and updated as soon as a reform is published in the Journal Officiel, so you always read the version in force — and can see when each article was last amended.
Each article is linked to the key court decisions (Cour de cassation, Conseil d'État, courts of appeal) that interpret it, so you can read the text and its case-law application side by side.
Yes — every article has an AI plain-English summary, and you can order a lawyer-reviewed explanation of how it applies to your specific situation, with next steps.
No. Reading and searching the codes is free with no login. Paid services — certified translation and the legal application report — are entirely optional.
Mariela Petrova

Mariela Petrova

Avocate au Barreau de Paris

Toque #C2396

15+ Years In French Corporate Practice

English · French · Russian

Ready When You Are

Talk To A Lawyer
In France.

A 20–30 minute call, in English, to scope the engagement. No obligation, no preliminary fee. You will leave the call with a clear view of what the work will cover and what it will cost.

First EngagementFixed Fee

Talk to a French lawyer.

Reply within 24 hours.

Communications protected by professional secrecy — secret professionnel de l'avocat, Article 66-5 of the Law of 31 December 1971.

Continue

Related legal services

01 / Read

Browse the French codes

20+ full codes and 2,400+ articles in English, with the key court rulings linked to every article — free to read.

Read More
02 / Apply

Legal application report

A lawyer-reviewed report explaining how the relevant articles apply to your situation, with case-law analysis and next steps.

Read More
03 / Act

Talk to a French lawyer

Scope your matter with a Paris-Bar avocate — incorporation, contracts, disputes — handled bilingually, end to end.

Read More